Stone Grindz, tare da Kasey McCaslin da Steven Shipler ke sarrafa shi, mai yin cakulan scallop ne wanda ke zaune a Scottsdale.Wannan babban cakulan ya sami yabo da yawa, gami da lambar yabo ta Italiyanci na Chocolate Awards na kasa da kasa, amma ba abu ne mai sauƙi ba ga waɗannan ƴan cakulan da suka koyar da kansu su sami irin wannan yabo.
Shipler da McCarsling sun koma Jami'ar Jihar Arizona daga Texas da North Carolina bi da bi.Sun yi aiki a cikin kwandon burodin Mesa da aka rufe yanzu kuma sun hadu yayin sayar da kayan gasa a kasuwar manoman yankin.Su biyun sun yanke shawarar fara kasuwancin nasu ne a shekarar 2012, inda suke sayar da sandunan abinci na asali, yankakken kale, man gyada na dutse da cakulan a matsayin masu siyar da kasuwar manoma.Stone Grindz ya sayar da shi a cikin 'yan makonnin farko.
McCarsling ya ce wani abokin ciniki ya mayar da wani ɗan cakulan ya ce, “Cakulan ɗin ku ya lalace.Ya watse ya yi kamar datti.Dole ne in jefar da shi."Ya nemi a mayar masa da kudin.
McCaslin ya ce: "Ina so in gode masa," in ji McCaslin a cikin tsayayyen yanayi da kwanciyar hankali (kuma a koyaushe a shirye yake ya amsa duk wata tambaya game da cakulan)."Da zarar na mayar masa da kudi, sai na yanke shawarar komawa gida, in koyi yadda ake fusata cakulan, da kuma gasa koko."
Tempering shine tsarin narkewar cakulan, sanyaya shi zuwa wani yanayin zafi, sannan a tsara shi.Idan ba a yi zafi ba, cakulan ba zai haskaka ba kuma zai zama taushi a cikin zafin jiki.
Sabuwar abokin kasuwancin ya yarda ya mai da hankali kan samfur guda ɗaya kawai: cakulan.Sun fara bincike da gwadawa, kuma an ɗauki shekaru huɗu don gwada yanayin gasa.McCaslin ya ce: "Steven yana da babban ikon yin zurfafa bincike kan kowane fanni."
A shekara ta 2016, Stone Grindz an zaba shi don Kyautar Abinci a San Francisco.A cikin shekara ta biyu, sun sami lambar yabo ta gourmet da kyaututtuka na cakulan kasa da kasa guda hudu.A cikin 2018, sun kuma lashe wani "kyautar gourmet" da kyaututtukan cakulan na kasa da kasa guda biyar, har ma sun shiga gasar duniya.Gidan yanar gizon Martha Stewart kuma ya lissafa Wild Bolivia Bar a matsayin ɗaya daga cikin manyan mashahuran cakulan 20 don kyauta.
A ƙarshe, a cikin 2019, sun ci Kyautar Abinci mai Kyau ta 3 da Kyaututtukan Chocolate na Duniya guda 10.Wadannan sun hada da lambobin zinare guda biyu da aka samu a gasar duniya da aka yi a Italiya, wato Stone Grinz ta Peruvian Ukayari da Suntory Whiskey da Asian Pear Caramel, wadanda suka kasance mafi kyawun cakulan a duniya a wannan fanni.
Duk wannan sihirin yana faruwa ne a cikin ɗakin dafa abinci (certified) tare da wasu ƙananan injin niƙa da wasu akwatunan kwali waɗanda ke tattara zafi don tace cakulan a digiri 160 Fahrenheit.(Refining shine tsarin hada daskarar koko da sikari da madarar madara har sai barbashi ya yi kankanta sannan ruwan ya yi ruwa. Yana sanya coke din cakulan zuba cakulan a cikin mold).
Idan kuna sha'awar koyo game da wannan tsari, to duka mutane biyu sun buga bidiyo.Ga Shilper da McCaslin, cakulan ya ƙunshi duka maganganun fasaha da wayar da kan al'umma.Ya ce ga Hitler, cakulan shine "mutunci, gaskiya, fasaha, magana, kyakkyawa, launi, laushi da ƙanshi.A gare ni, cakulan abin sha'awa ne."
" Falsafar mu cakulan abu ne mai sauqi qwarai," in ji McCaslin.“Kyauta ta zo na farko.Muna aiki tuƙuru don yin cakulan mafi kyawun hanyar da za mu iya amfani da ita, da kuma rage sawun ƙafa gwargwadon iyawa.Haka kuma, cinikayya ta gaskiya, sayayyar da'a, da kuma koko mai tsada suna da matukar muhimmanci a gare mu."
Duk samfuran vegan ne kuma basu ƙunshi waken soya, kayan kiwo da alkama ba.Ba kamar yawancin cakulan kasuwanci da aka yi daga gauran wake na koko ba, wake na Stone Grindz asalinsu ɗaya ne, gado da na halitta.Wannan yana da matukar ban sha'awa ga mutanen da suka san cakulan, saboda babu inda za a boye wake daga tushe guda.Babu haɗuwa da zai iya "gyara" dandano.Chocolatiers dole ne su yi amfani da basirarsu kawai.Abin dandano yana fitowa daga yin burodi da kuma tacewa.
Gwargwadon kofi na Stone Grindz ya yi gwajin gasa fiye da 25 don nemo mafi kyawun wakilai na takamaiman wake kofi.Yin burodi kuma darasi ne na haƙuri.Ana gasa wake a ƙananan zafin jiki na tsawon lokaci don samar da dandano mai zurfi.
Stone Grindz ya haɗu tare da mai zane na gida Joe Mehl akan ƙirar marufi, waɗanda ake iya gani cikin sauƙi saboda fashewar amfani da launuka masu yawa.Mel ya sami wahayi a cikin fasahar gargajiya ta Kudancin Amurka kuma ya ambaci asalin wake (Peru, Ecuador da Bolivia).
Bayan shekaru na aiki, shekaru na shahara da marufi mai ban mamaki, Stone Grindz har yanzu ana iya isa ga sauƙi.Ana iya siyan sandunan cakulan da alewa (wanda ke canzawa tare da yanayi) akan layi ko a Dukan Abinci da Abincin Abinci na AJ.Koyaya, kamar a baya, zaku iya samun Stone Grindz a cikin wuraren zama, Old Town Scottsdale da Kasuwar Farmers Gilbert.
Kuma, idan ba za ku iya yanke shawarar abin da za ku saya ba, da fatan za ku yi magana da McCaslin.Za ta sami kyakkyawan mashaya.
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